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Understanding Success“Just do it”, a key slogan made famous by the sports company Nike. This phrase tells us as consumers to go out and achieve goals of success. For some of us, it is wealth and fame but I believe we also need health and love. Success can be defined differently by each individual’s definition of the term. In-order to see success we simply have to have our own scale system that is measurable. In the short essay "Measuring Success" by Renee Loth, talks about how we can obtain success and happiness by creating a grid system that measures equal amounts of work and life. This method is measured by the way you live your life by through motivation, the will to sacrifice, and most importantly, the road taken for your achievements.

Motivation has become a key to success for many people. It applies on the persons inner drive and the focus to accomplish their goals. As Loth says, “When I was young and romanticizing about success, I like a particular Joni Mitchell lyric ‘My struggle for higher achievement and my search for love don’t seem to cease’ the trouble with struggling and searching is that it keeps us in a permanent state of wanting-always reaching for more. The drive to succeed keeps us focused on the future, to the detriment of life in the moment” (Loth, 238). From this excerpt given by Loth, she conveys to us that we all have our own ways of motivation. Even if it’s a song lyric or a piece of donut, we always have that extra oomph to keep us going. Our society is convinced that our success is the determining factor in our life for happiness. Like the author, I agree in her statements about our future, my motivation for success is my own future. I constantly work and focus on the present in-order to have a successful future. Motivation can also be seen in a different form, fame from peers. Like the author states in her short essay; “but when I got home from the live broadcast, my answering machine had maxed-out on messages”. For many, fame...

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